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Create stunning bouquets, table decorations and more with our Member’s Gift by Forever Flowerz this issue

Forever Flowerz are so simple to make and will brighten any room all year round! You can add extra colour to the flower heads with ink or paint, and even spray them with scent, plus they fit all of the Forever Flowerz accessories, such as wreaths, garlands and stems.

Flower stems

Kit List

◆ Member's Gift: Forever Flowerz Orange DahliasMakes 20 (071072)

◆ Forever Flowerz Stems and Leaves – 20 Stems and 40 Leaves (935123)

1 Before you start constructing the flowers, ensure all the petals are individually separated, by rubbing them in between your fingers and pulling them apart. Make the flower heads using the instructions included in your kit, being sure to overlap the petals - placing a petal in between the gaps of the previous one will give a fuller looking flower, rather than ‘stacking’ them.

2 Hook your finger around the petals to hold them in place at each stage. If they have moved by the time you finish the flower, grab each layer individually and swivel them around the stem.

Place setting Kit List

◆ Member's Gift: Forever Flowerz Orange DahliasMakes 20 (071072)

◆ Forever Flowerz Stems and Leaves – 20 Stems and 40 Leaves (935123)

◆ Pliers

◆ Glue gun

◆ Wooden spoon

1 Take one of the florist stems or thick gauge wire, and shape into a circle using a wooden spoon handle or chunky pen, leaving a 0.5cm tail at the very tip of the wire. Wrap the wire around the handle twice, until it meets the tail coming back round.

2 Remove from the handle/pen and create a small hook with the tip of the tail, using pliers, facing towards the circles. This will hold everything in place [1]

3 You will notice that the circles are a little off-centre to the stem. Use pliers to bend the long remaining stem, so that the circles sit neatly above it [2]

4 Close in the circles tightly and connect the hook to the long stem [3]. You may need to tweak the length or direction of the hook, and if the circles are deformed, put them back on the handle/pen to neaten.

5 Craft log slices are often soft wood, so you can push a small hole into the centre using the stem, or something sharper. Use hot glue to secure the stem

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This starter kit gives you everything you need to make 20 dahlia flower heads. With the addition of stems and leaves you can display the flowers in vases and create stunning home décor and craft projects.

Forever Flowerz Orange Dahlias – Makes 20 (071072) Price £9.99 Club Member £0.00 (PLUS P+P)

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Don’t miss out on this lovely flower kit by Forever Flowerz. Simply visit the VIP Gift section in the Members Area at createandcraft. com, or search the product number and add it to your basket into the hole. Allow to dry for a few seconds. The stems are bendable, so you can also adjust the angle once dry, if needs be.

6 Use hot glue to secure a leaf and the flower to the base [4], positioned to the side of the stem and angled slightly upwards. Add more foliage or flowers if you wish.

Napkin ring Kit List

◆ Members Gift: Forever Flowerz Orange Dahlias –Makes 20 (071072)

◆ Forever Flowerz Stems and Leaves – 20 Stems and 40 Leaves (935123)

◆ Hot glue gun

◆ Scissors/craft knife

1 Wrap the entire stem around something like a water flask to create a ring, as you did with the place name holder. It will spring out to a larger circle, so test one first for size, you can always wrap again around a smaller cylinder.

2 Take each end of the stem and bind them together. You could wrap this with tape for a neater finish if you prefer.

3 Trim some of the flower head stem, to yield a flatter surface. You will need to leave a few millimetres of the stem, as it holds the flower together!

4 Use a hot glue gun to attach the flower and leaf to the top of the napkin ring. You could even add beads on the wire stems or extra embellishments, the choice is yours!

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Helping Hand

◆ You can tilt the heads of the flowers, once on the stems, so they can face any preferred direction in your arrangement and vase!

◆ If the stems are too short for a vase, place a carrier bag in the bottom to pad it out and lift the flowers up – no water will be added after all!

◆ If your stems are too long for a smaller vase, bend the ends to shorten them rather than cutting; this way, you can use them time and time again for different arrangements

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Go on... TREAT YOURSELF

Ideal for turning your flower heads into arrangeable stemmed flowers, these stems and leaves will fit any of the Forever Flowerz flower heads in the collection, but are ideal to accompany the dahlias! They’re interchangeable, so you can change the flower heads you use with them as often as you like.

Forever Flowerz Stems and Leaves – 20 Stems and 40 Leaves (935123) Price £9.99 Club Member £7.99

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